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… Media is still fragmented, and as busy consumers become more and more media-averse, the industry is looking for new ways to reach them and new places to target them. Captivate announced Tuesday that 12 new content providers are joining the company’s digital place-based media network to take advantage of one of those new ways: on screens…

… Those ads have to go somewhere, and now, for a small test group of users in Australia and Thailand, “somewhere” is the home screen on Facebook Messenger. Product manager Eddie Zhang announced in a blog post that the social network is testing a module on the Messenger home screen that resembles the application’s existing modules for birthdays…

… By David Cohen on Jan. 18, 2017 - 4:55 PM Jonathan Wegener, who left the CEO post at social photo application Timehop last week, hopped over to a product position at Snapchat. Snap Inc. and Wegener confirmed the move to Peter Kafka of Recode. Wegener addressed his departure from Timehop in a Facebook post (embedded below) Wednesday…

… When it comes to paying publishers for live video content, Facebook gaveth, but Facebook reportedly taketh away. Kurt Wagner of Recode reported that several publishers told him the social network is no longer emphasizing Facebook Live video during negotiations, and they do not expect livestreaming deals they inked with Facebook last year…

… an incredibly powerful network that brings people together. The NBA told Kurt Wagner of Recode that Sunday’s livestream was a onetime event, and neither the league nor the social network would offer any details on financial terms. Readers: Would you like to see NBA games on Facebook Live? Sacramento Kings logo courtesy of Sacramento Kings Facebook page. …

… The answer to the long-asked question of how Facebook plans to monetize videos may be here, and users aren’t going to like it. Sources told Peter Kafka of Recode the social network will begin testing a new mid-roll video ad format on videos posted by publishers. According to Kafka, the mid-roll ads will appear after users have watched…

… Snapchat parent Snap Inc. acquired ad-tech company Flite, “multiple sources” told Kurt Wagner of Recode. Wagner reported that the deal is an acqui-hire, meaning that Snap Inc. was more focused on the Flite team than on its technology. According to Wagner, Flite focuses on content creation, such as tools that enable brands to create digital ads, 360-degree video ads and vertical video ads optimized for mobile. Readers: What are your thoughts on this acquisition by Snap Inc.? …

… of global creative strategy Ricky Van Veen, who joined Facebook in June from CollegeHumor, where he was a co-founder, and Van Veen told Kafka: Earlier this year, we started rolling out the video tab, a dedicated place for video on Facebook. Our goal is to kick-start an ecosystem of partner content for the tab, so we’re exploring funding some seed…

… team and reporting to chief operating officer Claire Hughes Johnson, Jason Del Ray of Recode reported. According to Del Ray, vp of sales Matt Derella will now handle all advertisers, reporting to COO Anthony Noto. Readers: Who’s next? I have some news: After an amazing 4.5+ years at Twitter, I'm thrilled to share I’ll be joining @Stripe to head Global Revenue & Growth. — Richard Alfonsi (@ralfonsi) December 2, 2016…

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… Facebook revealed its latest application, Flash, which was designed to compete with Snapchat in emerging markets, Kurt Wagner of Recode reported. Wagner reported that Flash is a photo- and video-sharing app that, like Snapchat, contains visual overlays that users can place on top of their content. According to Wagner, the app was developed…

… Facebook is taking aim at the television advertising market, in a roundabout sort of way, initially. Kurt Wagner and Peter Kafka of Recode reported that the social network teamed up with A&E Networks and Tubi TV on a test whereby Facebook Audience Network will begin delivering video ads next week through applications that run via set-top…

… The wall around Snapchat’s walled garden is about to get a little more expensive for media companies to climb. Peter Kafka and Kurt Wagner of Recode reported that Snapchat is proposing radically different terms to media companies providing content for its Discover section. According to Kafka and Wagner, the messaging application is seeking…

… Facebook announced the dates for its next F8 annual developer conference, but what happened to Flight, Twitter’s similar event for mobile developers? Flight had taken place in October the past two years, but Twitter director of communications Will Stickney confirmed to Kurt Wagner of Recode that the social network shifted its focus to smaller…

…. Codorniou also spoke with Kurt Wagner of Recode, who asked him about whether Workplace would include a document tool along the lines of Microsoft’s Word or Excel, and he replied: The priority for us is for everybody in the company to use the basic product and then we will explore other projects. Facebook vice president for Europe, the Middle East…